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..No. Z49, 294.

Patented- Nojv. 8,1881.

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' JAMES BOWERS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,294, dated November8, 1881.

' Application filed June 17,1881. (No model.)

ings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

The object of this invention is to render the corset better adapted toadjust itself over the hip, and to do the same with increased co1nfortand ease to the wearer.

It consists in the arrangement and conformation of parts, substantiallyas herein set forth, and embodied in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters ofreference indicate like parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1represents a halt-section of a corset embodying my improvement; andFig.2, a detached and enlargedview of a portion of the same, moreclearly showing the relation of the parts to one another.

Within the corset, where the same covers the hips of the wearer, Iinsert the several pieces a, 21,0, d, and e, a being a strip runnin gfrom the upper to the lower edge of the corset, and in which are securedor pocketed bones or steels, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Thelower portion of said strip is free from the adjacent parts d e, andforms a loose tongue, g, over which said parts at e are free to lap.Upon each side of the strip aareinserted into the corset the parts I) cd c, all of which widen toward the lower portion thereof, and

are adapted to cause a fullness in the corset, to conform to the hip ofthe wearer. The seams between the parts I) d and c e are or. may bediagonal, as shown, and the ribs in the parts I) c are arrangedcorrespondingly diagonal, as' shown, while the strengthening-ribs in theset over the hip of the wearer has been provided with lacing-cords; butit does not appear that the same said cords were elastic, or that thecorset was adapted to adjust itself to the form without beingmanipulated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and wish to secure byLetters Patent, 1s- 1 1. In a corset, the C0111 bination of the parts a,b, 0, cl, 6, and f, constructed and arranged, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth" and shown.

2. In acorset, the strip a, running from the upper edge of a corset downthrough the hipcovering portion of the said corset, forming a loosetongue, 9, which said loose tongue is held in position bylacing-cords,substantially as and for the purposes set forth and shown.

3. In a corset, the strip a, running from the upper edge of a corset tothe lower, forminga loose tongue, g, which is held in positionbylacing-cords which cross said loose tongue from adjacent parts,substantially as and for the purpose set forth and shown.

4. The loose tongue g, arranged in a corset at a point therein over thehip of the wearer, held in position by lacing-cords f, substantially asand for the purposes set forth and shown.

5. In a corset, parts at 6, having a loose 8o tongue between them, saidparts at 6 being furnished with eyelets, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth and shown.

6. In a corset,'parts I) c d c, widest near their lower extremities, andadapted to give a fullness to the corsetat the point therein over thehip of the wearer, in combination with a central strip, a, the lower endof which forms a loose tongue, which is held in position bylacing-cords, substantially as and for the pur- 9o poses set forth andshown.

7. In acorset,elastic lacing-cords, in combination with a loose tongue,9, and adjacent parts, substantially as and for the purposes set forthand shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this14th day of June, 1881.

" J AS. BOWERS.

Witnesses: 1

CHARLES H. PELL, O. DRAKE.

